Umph. Bloody faces

[bunn]

I had an idea for a lovely landscape painting, but then I thought: NO!  I should try to paint something that will help me Develop New Skills. Or at least Skill I Don't Have, ie, painting faces. 

So now I am painting Bedwyr harping and singing in the Great Hall of Cador of Dumnonia, with lots of people listening.  And regretting it!  Why is it that when I am painting a scene with three Named Characters (Artos, Bedwyr, and Cador) and a miscellaneous cast of Other People, the important characters end up with disasters for faces, whereas the old bloke who I just shoved in randomly next to Cador came out right first time with a personality of his own and eyes that actually look in the same direction and even an expression???   Also the random Two Men with Beards in the foreground who I sketched out without really thinking about it are quite convincing, whereas Artos and Bedwyr look like a disaster has occurred in a mascara factory. 

I have spent ages painting Artos this evening and I'm fairly sure that tomorrow I shall have to completely overpaint his face and start over.  Pants. 

Comments

[sibila-cantus.livejournal.com]

I think we're in the same boat right now! I'm in a similar mode of trying to Develop New Skills and it's not going so well. I'm working on a painting right now that is turning out vastly different (read: much worse) from what I pictured in my mind. At least paintings can be altered and reworked, right? *sigh*

[bunn.livejournal.com]

The reworking aspect is why I love acrylics. Much less unforgiving than watercolour!

It is so annoying when the picture in your head will not go down on paper. ;-/

[carmarthen.livejournal.com]

Eeeeee, paintings! I am sorry it is frustrating at present, though.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Faces! Why do people have to have them!

Oh for a world of Giant Hairy Beards.

A world of Giant Hairy Beards

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

You mean Skagos?

Re: A world of Giant Hairy Beards

[bunn.livejournal.com]

This would explain why that drawing I did of the Army of Brians was so much fun to draw! Actually, it explains the random old bloke. Clearly i am OK drawing eyes and noses if I don't have to provide mouths and chins...